The Four Main Literary Genres

Drama

Is divided in acts

are very long

Are plays made on theaters

Acts are divided into scenes

It is also known as drama to the play or movie that includes a majority of situations that are tense and conflictive.

Fiction

A story that didn't happen in real life

simulation of reality carried out by literary, cinematographic, comic strip, animation or other works, when they present an imaginary world to the receiver.

Non-fiction

Writing that is real and factual

It actually happen

Poetry

Writing using language and sounds in special ways to express ideas.

Poetry, literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.

Sub-genre fiction :

Realistic fiction

Historical Fiction

Stories with characters and events that could really happen but the story is still fiction

takes place in the past and contains action historical characters and events .

fantasy fiction

Includes magic and supernatural elements which are fiction

science fiction

futuristic events

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is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people and facts

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Non-fiction writing is consider that wich presents events and facts that actually happen in real life

is writing that gives information or describes real events, rather than telling a story.

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